diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Console/Helper/ProgressBar.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Console/Helper/ProgressBar.php
index 1d7b8d4562cb6..6250732eba257 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Console/Helper/ProgressBar.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Console/Helper/ProgressBar.php
@@ -169,9 +169,12 @@ public function setMessage(string $message, string $name = 'message')
         $this->messages[$name] = $message;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * @return string|null
+     */
     public function getMessage(string $name = 'message')
     {
-        return $this->messages[$name];
+        return $this->messages[$name] ?? null;
     }
 
     public function getStartTime(): int
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Console/Tests/Helper/ProgressBarTest.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Console/Tests/Helper/ProgressBarTest.php
index a0c6ee129fac2..901bca630cfd1 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Console/Tests/Helper/ProgressBarTest.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Console/Tests/Helper/ProgressBarTest.php
@@ -1173,4 +1173,11 @@ public function testMultiLineFormatIsFullyCorrectlyWithManuallyCleanup()
             stream_get_contents($output->getStream())
         );
     }
+
+    public function testGetNotSetMessage()
+    {
+        $progressBar = new ProgressBar($this->getOutputStream());
+
+        $this->assertNull($progressBar->getMessage());
+    }
 }